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  • In a conversation I was having on the iAM Facebook Page about ways small businesses with limited resources can market effectively, I spoke about giving to the community as a way for small businesses to become known by the local consumers. A very good question was posed by Matt as he is getting...
  • The Facebook QuestionI have been noticing the increasing use of hired help to tweet on one’s behalf and was curious what people think about that so I posed the question on Facebook, “If you were a small business/artist/healer, do you think hiring someone to tweet and create updates...
  • If you don’t know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don’t know the stories you may be lost in life.  —Siberian ElderMany of us for most of our lives are striving to acquire knowledge and skills sets that will bring us success and hopefully happiness. What we don’t...
  • In the context of branding, maintaining one’s authenticity faces some unique challenges. This post discusses 7 points you want to consider in developing your authentic brand.
  • Social media is different from traditional promotional channels and requires a new mindset. This post lists seven ways in which social media involves a new mindset with examples of thoughts and outcomes related to the old and new mindsets. See if your thoughts belong to the old or new mindset....
  • In most cultures, especially cultures that don’t do well with the duality of existence, people dislike challenges. This post describes 7 reasons why I love challenges. My last post on being real, authentic, and sustainable talks about how we are defined more by our challenges than our...
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  • Why, you ask, are you not advancing in your career? You could blame the economy, luck, parents, and any other number of people and events for where you are. But that’s not going to change anything. Instead you could read my post on mindful marketing or using social media effectively.
  • This post is about 5 brands I came across during my vacation in Michigan because their names and/or branding were intriguing. Can you guess from just looking at the names what the business is about?Woolly Bugger Woolly Bugger. What? Really? Saw this sign in Charlevoix, MI from far and...
  • What inspires you to write Blog posts? What is the purpose of your Blog and how do you define your success as a Blogger?
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  • I posted a new video on my website and you can watch it by clicking here.This video provides some powerful uses of social media in the context of bringing awareness to issues that would have eluded us in the absence of these powerful new technologies. If you are a business with a purpose, you are...
  •   “The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness”